Newcastleton
Newcastleton, is a town in the Scottish Borders, a few miles from the boundary with England, on the Liddel Water. It is the website of Hermitage Castle. Newcastleton is 10 mi (16 km) eastern of Langholm, 17 mi (27 km) south of Hawick, 24 mi (39 kilometres) north of Carlisle and 74 mi (119 kilometres) south of Edinburgh. Newcastleton was constructed as a result of the land clearances in the 1790s when people were forced to move from Old Castleton village. There has been an individual festival at Newcastleton since 1970. "Copshaw Holm" (one more name for the town) is commemorated in the track "Copshawholm Fair", composed by David Anderson in 1830, as sung by Willie Scott among others.